Case Study: Podcast Series "Eco Radio KC"

Start-up information for the entire podcast series:
  • A Paypal account – this is required for billing in support of your Liberated Syndication account.
  • An Apple.com account, which is required to submit a podcast to the Apple iTunes Store, a popular podcast directory.
  • Series title name: “Eco Radio KC”
  • Series description – “A weekly public affairs program on KKFI-FM 90.1, Kansas City community radio”
  • Image or logo of your program in JPEG 300x300 pixel size. Filename = Eco-Radio-FrogKKFI.jpg

  • Tags or keywords to describe your show – community radio, public affairs, KKFI, environment, ecology, climate, health
  • Podcast feed address - http://ecoradiokc.libsyn.com/rss
  • Email address: ...
Single podcast episode:

  • Program title: “Urban Farmers Re-design Kansas City – KCCUA’s Annual Meeting – Death by Zoning”
  • Program description – “Steve Mann welcomes Beth Low, the New Director of the Kansas City Food Policy Coalition, to talk about what happened at the Annual Urban Farmers meeting held by the Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture. We’ll also talk about Death by Zoning.”
  • Image or logo of your program in JPEG, 300x300 pixel size. Filename = kcurbanag.jpg
  • Tags or keywords to describe your show – urban agriculture, Kansas City Food Policy Coalition
  • Podcast broadcast date and the time length of the audio recording. 29 minutes, 30 seconds
  • Programs in MP3 format using a consistent audio and file format. Note: a 30-minute radio talk show using MP3 format with Layer 3, ACM, 22050 Hz, 24 kbps, mono settings would take about 10 megabytes of disk space. Filename = eco-R-2010-03-09.mp3
  • Email address: …

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